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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18I7_jacob-nix-platz_New-Ulm-MN.html
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JACOB NIX PLATZ
To a Patriot, Solider, Public Servant
Jacob Nix from Bingen Am Rhein in Germany was a key figure in the defense of New Ulm in 1862. Born in 1822, Nix early joined the push for a united Germany under a republican…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18I4_new-ulm_New-Ulm-MN.html
In 1851, leaders of the Dakota Nation signed the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux with the United States Government. This treaty opened new lands in Minnesota Territory for settlement. Two years later, German immigrants in Chicago, led by Frederick Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HF_turner-hall_New-Ulm-MN.html
The Turner concept of developing a sound mind and body through discussion of common problems and physical exercise was conceived by Frederick Jahn of Berlin in 1811. It was an effort to strengthen German resolve against the French conqueror, Napol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GT_two-battles-of-new-ulm_New-Ulm-MN.html
The first news of the Sioux Uprising was brought to New Ulm at noon on August 18, 1862, by survivors of a Civil War recruiting party that had been ambushed in Milford Township. Barricades were hastily erected in a three-block area on Minnesota Str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GS_roebbecke-mill_New-Ulm-MN.html
On this site in 1859 Frederick Roebbecke built a seventy foot high wooden windmill for grinding corn and grain. Situated on a prominent ridge, it commanded an excellent view of the scattered settlement. Barricaded with sacks of flour and grain, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GR_john-lind-home_New-Ulm-MN.html
This home was built by John Lind in 1887 and was a significant cultural, social and political center built on a prominence above early New Ulm. Swedish born Lind came to America and Minnesota in 1867 at age thirteen. While very young he was a rura…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GO_the-wallachei_New-Ulm-MN.html
This neighborhood dates back to the early days of New Ulm. Oral history suggests the borders shown above. The origin of the name "The Wallachei" is obscure. The most likely translation is "low land horse pasture." Or, legend has it, Mr. Kraus had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NK_g-nseviertel-goosetown_New-Ulm-MN.html
Goosetown began forming around the flour mills, brewery, and railroad tracks circa 1870. Settlers were largely German-Bohemian Catholics of peasant stock who farmed and worked in nearby industries. Inhabitants kept geese which were free to roam, t…